Maurice Washington Faces Charges

Cdog923 said:
Agreed, which is why I'm generally alright with him playing last year while it was merely an accusation. 

Now? Action needs to be taken until the court case is settled. 
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I can't agree with this.  He did what he did.  And he knows he did it.  If he didn't know it would possibly go down as child porn charges, I can understand that.  But what he did was wrong on many other levels beyond the legal one.

 
zero_blitz said:
We have very little in the way if facts at this point, so let's back off the gas a bit. Based on the title of the article that outlet I'd clearly looking to sensationalize this story.  That being said, Washington wasn't one of the alleged assailants, nor was he responsible for production of the video.  In terms of what the University did or didn't know, the fact that former NE Attorney General Jon Bruning is representing Mo would lend itself to them at least knowing something (his version at least). Judging from the fact he was allowed to play, I would suspect an agreement was reached whereby if his version turns out to be true, he's good. He may face internal discipline obviously but will remain in the program.  If it comes out that his story doesn't check out, then I could see him being dismissed.
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There is only one important fact.  He sent the video to the girl with the intent to emotionally harm her.  That's not debatable.

 
Cdog923 said:
Agreed, which is why I'm generally alright with him playing last year while it was merely an accusation. 

Now? Action needs to be taken until the court case is settled. 
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I am OK with him playing too....its an incident where he didnt record or commit the act of sexual assault. 

 
StPaulHusker said:
I can't agree with this.  He did what he did.  And he knows he did it.  If he didn't know it would possibly go down as child porn charges, I can understand that.  But what he did was wrong on many other levels beyond the legal one.
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My POV is this: anyone can be accused of anything; there have been numerous examples of accusations against athletes recently that have been fabricated/blown out of proportion/etc.  Granted that the optics look bad at the moment, we don't know exactly what and/or when the University found out about this. The action going forward is what most concerns me, especially if (as @knapplc has pointed out), he's actually charged and faces a court date. 

knapplc said:
He hasn't been charged yet. Charges are pending. At the moment they're still trying to interview him.
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Good point; the article made it seem like he was already charged. 

 
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If everything the girl says turns out to be true, Washington is likely facing a realistic punishment of probation. Possibly even diversion. 

 
Cdog923 said:
Washington isn't being charged with a sexual assault, though. 
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Yes I realize that.  I am saying that at the time that he sent her the video, she had never filed a report.  As far as he knew, he was just sharing a video to be mean.  Its possible he didnt know he was sharing a sexual assault that was recorded. 

 
BigRedBuster said:
You have absolutely no evidence to come to that conclusion.

After accusations...not proven and not arrested.
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Yeah, there is a LOT of evidence that Scotty Frosty is willing to look the other way when it comes to character of players he is recruiting.  There is a preferred walk-on from the 2019 class from Lincoln Southwest that beat police officer, seriously injuring him and putting him in the hospital, during a drunken brawl at a high school party.  Since he was 17 at the time, the parents fought like crazy to keep it in juvenile court and succeeded in doing so (a family friend is a police officer, so this is all straight from him).  In the end, he never was held accountable at his high school for this or by Nebraska who brought him in.  It is not like things like this were not discussed or widely known.  

So yes, there is strong evidence that character can be overlooked when it comes to players. 

 
boach_clack said:
Yes I realize that.  I am saying that at the time that he sent her the video, she had never filed a report.  As far as he knew, he was just sharing a video to be mean.  Its possible he didnt know he was sharing a sexual assault that was recorded. 
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it isnt even a sexual assault yet....he just sent his ex a video of her having sex with other dudes. I get that she was 15 when the video was recorded but he was probably 15 when he received it. 

 
RedDenver said:
He sent a video of the assault to the victim. That's at least the same level of wrong as recording the video.
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This is absolutely absurd.  Not even close to the same level.  He was never present.  If he had be present, recorded it, and didn't stop it then absolutely he is culpable of sexual assault.

 
10_point_buck said:
Yeah, there is a LOT of evidence that Scotty Frosty is willing to look the other way when it comes to character of players he is recruiting.  There is a preferred walk-on from the 2019 class from Lincoln Southwest that beat police officer, seriously injuring him and putting him in the hospital, during a drunken brawl at a high school party.  Since he was 17 at the time, the parents fought like crazy to keep it in juvenile court and succeeded in doing so (a family friend is a police officer, so this is all straight from him).  In the end, he never was held accountable at his high school for this or by Nebraska who brought him in.  It is not like things like this were not discussed or widely known.  

So yes, there is strong evidence that character can be overlooked when it comes to players. 
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You got an supporting evidence for your claims of police assault?

 
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